Kazi Habibul Awal

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Kazi Habibul Awal
13th Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh
Assumed office
27 February 2022
Alma mater University of Dhaka
Dhaka College
Profession Judge, Civil servant

Kazi Habibul Awal (born 21 January 1956) is a retired Senior Secretary and the incumbent Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh. [1]

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Early life and education

Habibul Awal was born on 21 January 1956 in Comilla District, East Pakistan, Pakistan to a family from Sandwip Upazila. [2] [1] His father Kazi Abdul Awal was the Deputy Inspector General of Prison, he was also the plaintiff in the Jail Killing case. [3] He obtained his Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws from Dhaka University in 1976 and 1978 respectively. [2] His mother was Begum Nafisa Khatun. [4]

Career

Habibul Awal started his career as an assistant judge (Munsif) in 1981 after passing the Bangladesh Civil Service exam. [2] He was promoted to District and Sessions Judge in 1996. [2]

He was the Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Law and Parliamentary Affairs in 2000, Additional Secretary in 2003 and Secretary of the same Ministry on 28 June 2007. [1] [5] On 5 July 2007, Judge Aftab Uddin Ahmed filed a petition against the appointment of Habibul Awal as acting secretary. [5]

He was the Secretary of the Ministry of Religious affairs ministry in 2010 and in 2013 was transferred to the Office of the President. [6] Later he became the Secretary of the Ministry of Defense in 2014. [1] Promoted to Senior Secretary in the Ministry of Defense in December 2014. He retired in 2015 and got two contractual appointments till 2017. [2] [7]

Controversies

Following the appointment of Kazi Habibul Awal as Additional Secretary of the Legal and Drafting Branch of the Law Ministry, Justice Shah Abu Nayeem Mominur Rahman and Justice Shahidul Islam declared his appointment illegal in 2010. He also apologized for the incident when a parliamentary committee summoned him for illegally retiring two judges while he was the Additional Secretary of the Legal and Drafting Branch of the Law Ministry. Judicial officials, including a court judge, staged a protest demanding his removal, alleging that he was involved in various controversial activities, including denying the interests of judges and preventing the government from paying separate Salary-Allowance to judges. [8] [9] [10] [5]

Personal life

Kazi Habibul Awal is married in private life. His wife is Sahana Akhter Khanam. The couple has three daughters. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Correspondent, Senior. "Kazi Habibul Awal, a law professor and former secretary, is the new chief of Election Commission". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Mr. Kazi Habibul Awal". www.bracu.ac.bd. 23 February 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "Kazi Habibul Awal, a law professor and former secretary, is the new chief of Election Commission". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
  4. ↑ Kazi Habibul Awal (2020). Memories of Early Life. Bangladesh: Generation PPA. p. 248. ISBN   9789849107064.
  5. 1 2 3 Staff Correspondent (2008-02-19). "Appointment of acting law secy illegal: HC". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
  6. ↑ "Reshuffle in civil administration". The Daily Star. 2013-02-26. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
  7. ↑ Staff Correspondent (2022-02-27). "Kazi Awal at the EC helm". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
  8. ↑ "হাবিবুল আউয়ালের নেতৃত্বে ইসি". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 2022-02-27.
  9. ↑ "নতুন সিইসি হাবিবুল আউয়াল". Bdnews24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 2022-02-27.
  10. ↑ "কে এই নতুন সিইসি কাজী হাবিবুল আউয়াল". Risingbd.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 2022-02-27.
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